title: Expandable breast implant reconstruction of Tikhoff-Linberg shoulder deformity.
abstract: Expanding breast implants were used in two patients to reconstruct shoulder contour following a Tikhoff-Linberg resection for cancer. In the first patient, one implant alone was used, and in the second patient, two implants in separate but adjacent pockets. The resulting double contour is more pleasing than that after a single implant, and there also appears to be more flexibility with shoulder motion. This method is suggested as an excellent means of reconstructing the contour of the shoulder area following resection for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Dowden
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Stulberg
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery*